Jägerweiher (nature reserve)

"Jägerweiher" nature reserve IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
The hunter's pond
location	Neukirch , Lake Constance district , Baden-Württemberg , Germany
surface	6.2 ha
Identifier	4.119
WDPA ID	163937
Geographical location	47 ° 41 '  N , 9 ° 41'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 40 '38 "  N , 9 ° 41' 12"  E
Sea level	from 559 m to 570 m
Setup date	May 15, 1990
administration	Regional Council Tübingen

Silting zone on the north bank of the Jägerweiher

Drained pond (February 2011)

The Jägerweiher area is a nature reserve (NSG number 4.119) designated by ordinance of May 15, 1990 by the Tübingen regional council in the area of ​​the Baden-Württemberg community of Neukirch in the Lake Constance district in Germany .

location

The roughly six hectare large nature reserve Hunter pond , in the northwest Neukirch, between the hamlets country wood , Russians Ried , Schnaidt and Zannau located, is one of the natural area for Westallgäuer hills and is located at an altitude of 560  m above sea level. NN .

Protection purpose

The main protective purpose of the NSG Jägerweiher is the preservation and improvement of the scenic Jägerweiher , its bank vegetation and the adjacent litter meadows as a habitat for many rare and endangered animal and plant species.

Flora and fauna

flora

From the flora worthy of protection, the following plant species (selection) are to be named within the floating leaf , reed and meadow vegetation :

• Buttercups
  • Marsh marigold ( Caltha palustris )
• Horn leaf family
  • Rough horn leaf ( Ceratophyllum demersum ), a submerged aquatic plant
• Knotweed
  • Water knotweed ( Persicaria amphibia )
• Pondweed family
  • Grass-leaved pondweed ( Potamogeton gramineus )
  • Floating pondweed ( Potamogeton natans )
• Orchids
• Sourgrass family
  • Davalls sedge ( Carex davalliana ), also known as peat or rough sedge referred
• Horsetail family
  • Pond horsetail or mud horsetail ( Equisetum fluviatile )
• Water lily plants
  • White water lily ( Nymphaea alba ), popularly often called water lily called
• Millennial family
  • Whorled milfoil ( Myriophyllum verticillatum )
• Hose plants
  • Misjudged water hose ( Utricularia australis ), also southern water hose or large water hose

fauna

The diversity of plant species in a very small space is habitat for a remarkably rich fauna and shows numerous threatened or protected species, in particular from the classes of amphibians , insects and birds , for example

• Coot ( Fulica atra ), a species of the railing family
• Reed bunting ( Emberiza schoeniclus ), also known as reed sparrow , is a species of bird in the family of bunting
• Common Moorhen ( Gallinula chloropus ), often referred to as moorhen , also a species from the railing family
• Reed Warbler ( Acrocephalus scirpaceus ), a species of songbird in the warbler family
• Little Grebe ( Tachybaptus ruficollis ), a species of the grebe family

Hiking trails

Several signposted hiking trails run along the pond , including the second stage of the Jubiläumsweg Bodenseekreis , a 111-kilometer hiking trail that was signposted in 1998 to mark the 25th anniversary of the Bodenseekreis. It leads over six stages through the hinterland of Lake Constance from Kressbronn via Neukirch, Meckenbeuren , Markdorf , Heiligenberg and Owingen to Überlingen .

See also

• List of protected areas in the Lake Constance district

literature

• Department for nature conservation and landscape management: nature reserves in the administrative district of Tübingen . Ed .: Regional Council Tübingen. Second revised and expanded edition. Thorbecke, Ostfildern 2006, ISBN 978-3-7995-5175-5 , pp. 277-278 .

Web links

Commons : Jägerweiher  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Profile of the nature reserve  Jägerweiher in the protected area directory of the LUBW
• Action program for the rehabilitation of Upper Swabian lakes